Kyrie Irving, fresh off the 2012 NBA Rookie of the Year honor, is clearly feeling confident these days. So much so that he's challenged Team USA alpha dog Kobe Bryant to a game of 1-on-1 with $50,000 on the line for charity.

Irving caught the eye of many hoops fans early in Team USA camp by slicing his way through the suffocating defense on a video from Hoopmixtape.com. Somewhere along the way, he decided it would be wise to challenge Bryant to a game of 1-on-1.

Irving is not a member of the team headed to London. Instead, he's part of the Select Team that trained with the team in Las Vegas.

The end result of the back-and-forth smack talk seemed to be a tabled challenge: "Next summer," both players said, as they shook on it. Here's hoping it finds its way to the web if and when it happens.